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Do meeting minutes count? Supreme Court retrial verdict: Forget it!

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Article author：Yingting Lawyers Group | Update time：2026-06-22 | Reading times：57

The minutes of the meeting held by the administrative agency promised to compensate you, but later they refused to acknowledge it. Supreme Court retrial verdict: Confess! And make up 8.41 million!

I have studied this case carefully. A certain city's administrative agency passed the meeting minutes and promised to compensate an enterprise for additional land acquisition fees advanced by land transfer, floor area ratio concessions, etc. The company complied, and the money was advanced, the land was expropriated, the administrative agencies were changed, and the promises were not fulfilled.

The case was lost in the first instance and also in the second instance. Why? Because the local court felt that this was an internal administrative matter, the company could not sue. However, the Supreme Court overturned the case in a retrial.

What did the Supreme Court say? Three levels: first,administrative commitmentIt is legally binding and the administrative agency cannot write a bad check; secondly, if the promise cannot be fulfilled objectively, the administrative agency must bear the liability for compensation; thirdly, the amount of compensation is calculated based on the actual losses of the enterprise. The final verdict was 8.41 million.

This case is the first time the Supreme People’s Court has applied the Private Economy Promotion Law and is of benchmark significance. From now on, companies will have legal protection if they take meeting minutes, letters of commitment, and red-headed documents from administrative agencies.

Many bosses feel that "meeting minutes are just a formality and don't count." This concept is wrong. As long as the content of the meeting minutes is specific and clear and the company has paid costs based on the minutes, it will be legally binding.

The key is evidence. You need to keep the original minutes of the meeting, proof of the costs you paid for it, and records of reminders over the years. With this evidence, a lawyer can help you win the case.

If you have unfulfilled promises from administrative agencies, don’t treat them as waste paper. Now that the law is backing you, you can defend your rights if you have to. Yingting lawyers are willing to help more companies protect their legitimate rights and interests.

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Lawyer Liu Yun

Lawyer Yang Qing

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Lawyer Zhang Yali

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Li Sixuan

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Li Mingjie

Gao Shenrong

Zhang Feng

Pan Jianpo

Ma Xiaojiao

Yue Wei

Ren Liming

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Su Jicheng

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Do meeting minutes count? Supreme Court retrial verdict: Forget it!

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